As the process of rolling out the Next Generation Learning Standards for Mathematics and English Language Arts is well into the awareness phase and fast approaching the capacity-building phase, NYS Teacher Center is pivotal to enhancing the collective capacity to deliver standards-based professional learning. Our work together is a part of a much larger collaboration with State Ed and several other stakeholders including NYSUT, BOCES, the Big Five, Higher Ed, Professional Associations and others to provide a blanket of support for our educators across the state. Some of us are involved in rolling out these specific standards, while some are focused on other locally determined needs. While we each operate independently and may or may not be directly involved in all aspects of the work in which we will engage, it is through the process we experience with our colleagues that our collective understanding of the standards and the associated implications for our practice will be deepened. We are capable of increasing teachers' professional capacity at the most fundamental level; teacher to student. (Valerie Lovelace, Co-Chairperson, NYSTC Steering Committee)
Here are the links to Next Generation Learning Standards Sites: